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laukur.

onion, leek, garlic

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈlœiːkʏr]

  1. onion, leek, garlic

    masculine

  2. a bulb

    masculine

  3. the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)

    masculine
    Laukur ættarinnar.
    Stíga í laukana.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).

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